"Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience; to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder upon it, and dwell upon it."

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Source : N. Scott Momaday (1976). “The Way to Rainy Mountain”, p.83, UNM Press

N. Scott Momaday

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“The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change.”
“Is everything a joke to you?â€ I asked. He dabbed his tongue to his lip again. â€œNot everything.â€ â€œLike what?â€ â€œYou.”
“If I asked you to do something for me, I don't suppose you'd listen?" When he had my attention, he continued, "I'm going to take you home. Try to forget tonight happened. Try to act normal, especially around Hank. Don't mention my name." By way of an answer, I shot him a black look and swung out of the Tahoe. He followed suit, coming around to my side. "What kind of answer is that?" He asked, but his voice wasn't nearly so gruff.”
“The funny thing is I showed my daughter E.T. recently, and she was like, it's Pete's Dragon. It's a boy, who makes friend with a creature, and has to say goodbye at the end. I'd never made that connection!”
“God bless them pretty women, I wish they was mine, Their breath is as sweet, The dew on the vine.”
“The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was. The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it.”
“the whole point of muck-raking, apart from all the jokes, is to try to do something about what you've been writing about. You may not be able to change the world but at least you can embarrass the guilty.”
“It's all about where your mind's at”

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